Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Assets Held for Sale

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Assets Held for Sale
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Mar. 31, 2022
Discontinued Operations And Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
Assets Held for Sale

Note 3. Assets Held for Sale

In accordance with its strategy to dispose of non-core and under-performing assets, the following assets have been classified as assets held for sale at March 31, 2022 and September 30, 2021:

 

(in thousands)

 

Carrying Value

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Ranch

 

$

129

 

 

$

160

 

Total assets held for sale

 

$

129

 

 

$

160

 

On March 15, 2022, the Company sold approximately 6,286 acres from the Alico ranch to third parties for approximately $28,288,000 and recognized a gain of approximately $26,596,000.                  

On December 3, 2021, the State of Florida purchased, under the Florida Forever program, approximately 1,638 acres of the Alico ranch for approximately $5,675,000 pursuant to an option agreement entered into between the State of Florida and the Company. The Company recognized a gain of approximately $5,570,000.

During November 2021, the Company sold approximately 302 acres from the Alico ranch to various third parties for approximately $1,476,000 and recognized a gain of approximately $1,404,000.

On June 3, 2021, the Company sold approximately 11,700 acres of the Alico ranch, which were encumbered by an easement, to a third-party for approximately $12,219,000. The Company recognized a gain of approximately $11,351,000. In 2013, these acres were enrolled in the Wetlands Reserve Program (“WRP”), which calls for the restoration and maintenance of the property for the duration of the WRP easement.  As part of that enrollment in 2013, Alico received approximately $1,800 per acre.  

On April 15, 2021, the State of Florida purchased, under the Florida Forever program, approximately 5,734 acres of the Alico ranch for approximately $14,445,000 pursuant to an option agreement entered into between the State of Florida and the Company. The Company recognized a gain of approximately $13,921,000.

 

On December 18, 2020, the Company sold approximately 600 acres of the East Ranch for approximately $2,630,000 and recognized a gain of approximately $2,550,000. Additionally, the Company sold several smaller parcels of the East Ranch during the quarter ended December 31, 2020, which generated a gain of approximately $814,000.

 

Additionally, during fiscal year 2021, the Company sold an aggregate of approximately 1,742 acres of the Alico ranch to various third parties for approximately $8,286,000 and recognized a gain of approximately $7,697,000. One of these sales transactions, consisting of approximately 97 acres, was sold to an employee of the Company for approximately $392,000.